The depths of the Immortal Machine Mountain was an enclosed zone filled with chaotic rules of heaven and earth, including chaotic space and time.
Obviously, he was walking forwards, yet, Zhang Ruochen’s body was uncontrollably moving backwards.
“Inverted space.”
Zhang Ruochen’s finger stroked his chin, stopping his steps and heading in another direction.
“Boom!”
After just stepping out, a strong sense of weightlessness occurred in his body and he fell into a spatial bubble.
In that spatial bubble, it was all about a thunderbolt travelling through, dense and countless, very much like a small world of thunderbolts, extremely dangerous.
Next, Zhang Ruochen encountered some other bizarre spatial zones, fortunately, he was a Time and Space Transmitter who had a certain degree of understanding of all kinds of spatial environments, so he was able to deal with them calmly.
If he were to be replaced by a Saint realm being, he would most likely have been lost inside.
“What kind of place is the Immortal Machine Mountain in the end? How come the spatial structure is so varied and unstable, could it be a bridge between the Kunlun Realm and another world?”
Zhang Ruochen stopped his footsteps and did not continue to head deeper, always feeling that there were even greater dangers ahead.
With his current cultivation, it was already a bit of a stretch for him to be able to make it this far, and he was afraid that if he went any further, he would not be able to return to the Kunlun Realm.
Zhang Ruochen followed the original path back and walked out of that chaotic spatial zone, reappearing at Immortal Machine Mountain.
“The rules of space and time are both very active, it’s a good place to cultivate, however, it’s still too dangerous, and will be quite troublesome in case we encounter a Death Race cultivator.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t stay here for long and returned to the Marginal Lake.
Princess Baili stood at the edge of the Marginless Island, her delicate body was as if it was weightless, floating above a patch of turquoise water plants, a long white cat’s tail swaying gently, setting off a circle of ripples in the water.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen treading water, she then asked, “What have you found?”
Zhang Ruochen gently shook his head and said, “Can’t get in at all, it seems to be a path to other worlds, yet, it is separated by chaotic spatial and temporal forces, just the spatial bubbles alone I have found dozens of them, each of which is a small world full of dangers. How’s it going? How is the progress on your side, did the two of them pick up any sacred medicines?”
Princess Baili said, “That rabbit picked up forty-two holy pills, while the demonic ape picked up forty holy pills.”
“So fast?”Zhang Ruochen was surprised.
The Divine Earth Medicine Garden was full of crises inside, especially the vicinity of the sacred medicines, which were guarded by the Great Saint Remnant Formation, so even if one just picked one plant, I was afraid that one would have to use nine oxen and two tigers of effort.
Zhang Ruochen entered the depths of the Immortal Machine Mountain in just half a day.
In half a day, they were able to pick so many Sacred Pills?
Princess Baili, on the other hand, was a bit dissatisfied, her eyes filled with a disdainful look as she said, “Spending a large portion of a month to pick such a small amount of Sacred Medicines, and that’s still considered fast?”
“It’s been half a month?”
Zhang Ruochen’s expression stared as he pondered carefully, before he was muttering to himself, “No wonder I feel that the flow of time is a bit off.”
Princess Baili did not ask Zhang Ruochen what exactly had happened to him, her two snow-white ears twitched slightly as she looked towards the forest and said, “They’re back!”
Pot Pot and the Devil Ape rushed out from the forest.
In Pot Pot’s hand, he was holding a holy flower, with a total of four flat petals, which showed the colours of red, blue, white, and green respectively, emitting light as if they were four holy clouds.
In the Devil Ape’s hand, on the other hand, it was grasping a silver-coloured Sacred Grass, with very thick roots, emitting a grain of silver-coloured light.
Both beasts had scars on their bodies, some were scorched black, some were scarred, and some were still flowing blood, it was obvious that they had suffered a lot inside the Divine Earth Medicinal Garden.
“Master Dust, you’re finally back, that cat mistreated us, forcing us to go inside the Divine Earth Medicinal Garden to collect medicines, and beating us if we didn’t go, half of the injuries on my body are from her.”
Pot dropped the Holy Pill and hugged Zhang Ruochen’s thigh, crying bitterly with snot and tears.
Princess Baili only hummed lightly and did not say a word, but her pair of soulful eyes were staring towards the sparkling lake, as if she had discovered something.
The Devil Ape became only three metres tall and limped over to Zhang Ruochen, revealing a pleading expression as he said, ”Master, we have already picked a large portion of the Holy Pills inside the Divine Earth Pill Garden. The rest of the holy pills are located in the core of the Great Saint Remnant Formation and cannot be approached at all, so if we are allowed to pick them again, we will more than likely die inside.”
Knowing that Zhang Ruochen was the mastermind behind this, and knowing exactly what was going on, Pot said, “Master Dust, we know we are wrong, and we won’t dare to steal any more holy pills in the future, we really won’t dare to do so!”
Devil Ape followed, “Master, with my current cultivation, it’s enough to take down a large clan, or a Saint Sect, I’ll go and rob it, and I’ll definitely make up for the stolen Holy Pills and Divine Pills.”
“I’ll go rob it too.”Potter said.
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “Forget it! I’ll spare you guys this time, and don’t go robbing the holy pills planted by other forces, and for the next period of time, wtf should we keep a low profile.”
Seeing that Zhang Ruochen was no longer pursuing the matter, Pot Pot and Devil Ape were both relieved and nodded their heads vigorously, “Master Dust, you have the final say.”
Princess Baili stared at a certain direction on the surface of the Rim Lake and said, “Zhang Ruochen, someone is spying on us, and their cultivation level is not weak.”
Zhang Ruochen had long been aware of it and nodded, saying, “It’s well hidden, and the aura on his body is restrained to the extreme, but unfortunately, when I appeared, he gave birth to some emotional fluctuations, he should be an expert who knows me.”
Hearing the dialogue between Princess Bai Li and Zhang Ruochen, Pot Pot revealed a look of righteous indignation, standing at the edge of the water, he shouted, “Who? Who dares to spy on Princess Bai Li, what a shameless person, worse than a beast. Dare to roll out and take a move from Master Rabbit?”
On Princess Bai Li’s forehead, a black line emerged.
What do you mean by peeping?
How did the words in that rabbit’s mouth change their flavour?
On the surface of the lake, a subtle Holy Qi fluctuation appeared, and the person hiding in the dark, knowing that he had been discovered by Zhang Ruochen and the others, hurriedly fled into the distance.
“Stupid thief, where to flee?”
A dragon roar came out of Pot’s mouth, his body shedding into a demonic dragon, rushing out from a safe route, catching up with the translucent silhouette that was fleeing, striking out a dragon claw that was hundreds of metres long.
“Boom.”
A muffled sound came out of the translucent silhouette’s mouth as it blocked the strike, while his body was thrown out and impacted on top of a mountain not far away.
His figure was completely revealed, and it was actually the Dark Night Messenger Leader of the Dark Night Palace of the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect, Zhao Qilin.
Zhao Qilin’s cultivation, but he had reached the Tong Tian realm, and was considered a first-class powerhouse, yet he was thrown away by the other party with a single claw, how could he not be surprised in his heart?
“Stupid thief, you dare to spy on Princess Bai Li, you must pay the price.”
The pot rushed up again and struck another dragon claw, pressing it to the top of Zhao Qilin’s head and sending half of Zhao Qilin’s body into the ground.
Zhao Qilin was angry and furious, he was at least a Dark Night Messenger leader, but he was called a stupid thief by a savage beast, how could he not be angry?
And …… peeping?
How could a Saint be that obscene.
However, the cultivation of that savage beast was quite heaven-defying, suppressing Zhao Qilin so much that he couldn’t move his body, and the bones in his body looked like they were about to fall apart.
Zhao Qilin’s hands braced themselves upwards against the dragon’s claws as he hurriedly said, “Zhang Ruochen, we can talk about it ……”
“Talking is fine, I do have some questions I want to ask you.”
Zhang Ruochen walked over to Zhao Qilin’s side and said, “Dark Night Palace Master Night Xiaoxiang, Formation King Palace Master Xiao Xie, where are they?”
“If I tell you, can you let me go?”Zhao Qilin said.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “I can’t. How can one question save your life? You have to answer at least three questions from me before you can do so.”
“Are you true to your word?”Zhao Qilin said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “How about letting you live as long as you answer the questions honestly?”
“Good.”
Zhao Qilin replied, “The two Palace Masters received a transmission from the High Priestess telling them to leave Immortal Machine Mountain immediately, and I don’t know where they went.”
Half a month ago, Immortal Machine Mountain was indeed a place of wrongdoing, located at the centre of the storm vortex, perhaps, that High Priestess was worried about the safety of Night Xiaoxiang and Xiao Muo, and that was why she told them to leave.
Zhang Ruochen smiled and added, “Then, why are you still staying at Immortal Machine Mountain?”
“The two Palace Masters asked this Saint to stay here and check for the traces of Feng Drunken Sheng and Prince Kuk, and inform them as soon as there is any news.”Zhao Qilin said.
Hearing these words, the boulder hanging in Zhang Ruochen’s heart instantly fell, those two old fellows, they had indeed escaped the pursuit.
Zhao Qilin stared tightly at Zhang Ruochen and said, “What is your third question?”
“There is no third question.”Zhang Ruochen said.
“You ……”
Zhao Qilin knew in his heart that he had been punked by Zhang Ruochen, and instantly, he was so angry that he was trembling in fear.
Zhang Ruochen turned around, travelling towards the distance, and said to Pot, “Give him a hard time, and after killing him, bury him and erect a monument.”
“Good.”
Wok Wok erupted with his full strength, and a large swathe of demonic mist surged out from above the dragon’s claws, completely enveloping Zhao Qilin’s body, forcing its way into his body and suppressing his holy qi to prevent him from blowing up his holy source.
In the demonic mist, Zhao Qilin hissed, “Zhang Ruochen …… Wait, there’s one more thing …… a very important thing …… about your mother……”
Zhang Ruochen stopped abruptly and struck out a Holy Qi, dispelling the demonic mist.
“Swish.”
With a flash of his figure, Zhang Ruochen reached Zhao Qilin’s body, grabbed him by the lapel, lifted him from the ground, and held him in mid-air as he said in a cold voice, “What did you just say?”
“You must promise to let me live before I tell you.”Zhao Qilin said.
With a bang, Zhang Ruochen threw Zhao Qilin to the ground and said, “Speak! I’ll consider this the third question asked of you.”
Zhao Qilin slumped on the ground and gasped for breath, waiting until his breath was steady before he was saying, “It was about a month ago that the news of your three veins being abolished spread throughout the Five Regions of the Human Race, and there were people who coveted a few of the treasures on your body, and so, fanned the emotions of cultivators all over the world, searching for your traces and wanting to plot against you. There were even people who wanted to capture your mother and force you to reveal yourself.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes grew cold and sullen, feeling sad that even though he had done more for the Human Race, yet, by the time you were in trouble, there were still a large number of greedy people who jumped out to fall on the well.
This kind of person is even more hateful than the Immortal Blood Clan.
Originally, he had already planned to keep quiet for a while and cultivate at ease, however, at this moment, Zhang Ruochen’s heart could not be calmed, and he could not wait to rush to the Central Imperial City immediately.
Zhang Ruochen’s ten fingers clenched tightly as he said, “Tell me, who are all of them?”
